danisilv Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Dear Vectorworks people, I need your help. I am taking a class right now where my instructor sent me 7 *.mcd Vectorworks files. Six of those opened without any problems. On one of them, when I open it in either Vectorworks 12 or Vectorworks 2008, six black triangles show up on the page that don't show up on my instructor's computer. These triangles aren't objects that I can manipulate, they're just there. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Daniel Quote Link to comment
cbaarch Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 make sure you are in the Design layer(s) Use ctrl-A to select all objects then zoom extents to see what is in the file then go back and select an object using the Lasoo mode what information do you get in the Object Information palette? if it is on a sheet layer are they part of a Viewport? Quote Link to comment
danisilv Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 I don't think I get anything helpful in the Object Information Palette. In the Shape tab it says no class and layer one, nothing in the data tab, and a pull down menu in the render tab. I don't think that really matters since I can't select these black triangles. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Set your Layer Options to Active Only and set through the layers one at a time to identify what layer they are on. Once you have the proper layer, they should be selectable. Also check that all the layers are set the to the same view. I recommend Top/Plan. Use the Align Layer Views command to make sure they are the same. Remember, you can only select items on layers that are the same scale and in the same view. Pat Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Dave Donley Posted April 10, 2008 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 10, 2008 I bet they are arrowheads. Maybe the layer scale needs to be adjusted... Quote Link to comment
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